2017 Kingsford-Smith Cup Results

Kingsford Smith Cup News

The Group 1 $500,000 Treasury Brisbane Queensland Oaks (2200m) will have a capacity field of sixteen runners on a Good 4 rated track at Doomben today. Racing Queensland ordered the transfer of Saturday’s Queensland Oaks meeting and next week’s Stradbroke Handicap meeting to Doomben after the Eagle Farm track came in for some heavy criticism because…

The BTC Cup is now known as the Kingsford Smith Cup and is no longer the first Group 1 race held at the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Instead, from 2017 onwards it runs a fortnight after its former spot on the carnival line-up and has been moved from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm. For the 2013 running of the BTC Cup the race was moved to neighbouring Eagle Farm racecourse in a bid to lure Black Caviar to the event and this track is the race’s new permanent home from 2017.

Formerly run over 1200m, the new-look Kingsford Smith Cup is contested in late May over 1300m and remains weight-for-age race feature. Offering $700,000 in prize money, the race now serves as a final stepping stone into Queensland’s richest race – the $1.5 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m).

The new lead-up race into the Kingsford Smith Cup field is the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) a fortnight earlier.

Many top horses, usually locally-trained, have run and won the BTC Cup over the years but none as notable as the mighty Black Caviar who travelled to Queensland to take out the classic over Hay List back in 2011 attracting a capacity crowd at Doomben decked out in her famous salmon and black polka dot colours.

2017 Kingsford Smith Cup Form Guide

2017 Kingsford Smith Cup Field

The Kingsford Smith Cup Field – formerly the BTC Cup – is set to attract a class line-up of local and interstate sprinting talent heading towards the Stradbroke Handicap a fortnight later back at Eagle Farm Racecourse. From 2017, the Kingsford Smith Cup field will feature a host of gallopers coming off a lead-up run in the Doomben 10,000 two weeks prior.

The official Kingsford Smith Cup 2017 field and barriers are set for release on Wednesday May 24, 2017 and will be published in full below as soon as announced by Racing Queensland.

The 2017 Kingsford Smith Cup Field attracted 14 final acceptorsincluding the reigning Stradbroke Handicap winner Under The Louvre in his final career start, Black Heart Bart on the seven-day back-up out of The Goodwood in Adelaide, Doomben 10,000 runner-up Counterattack and last Saturday’s BRC Sprint winner Jungle Edge.

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Form (Last 10)

Horse

Trainer

Jockey

Barrier

Weight

Hcp. Rating

1

2129x211x7

BLACK HEART BART

Darren Weir

Brad Rawiller

4

59kg

117

2

21x24550x0

UNDER THE LOUVRE

Robert Smerdon

Dwayne Dunn

8

59kg

109

3

6039×65098

JAPONISME

Chris Waller

Blake Shinn

6

59kg

106

4

1210×15010

MUSIC MAGNATE (NZ)

Bjorn Baker

Jeff Lloyd

13

59kg

111

5

x2602x8022

COUNTERATTACK

Chris Waller

Opie Bosson

7

59kg

106

6

111x640x91

CLEARLY INNOCENT

Kris Lees

Hugh Bowman

9

59kg

102

7

6x191212x6

START WONDERING (NZ)

Evan & Jennifer J Rayner

Johnathan Parkes

12

59kg

107

8

028×531351

JUNGLE EDGE

Mick Bell

Kevin Forrester

14

59kg

108

9

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IN HIS STRIDE

Rex Lipp

Damian Browne

2

59kg

85

10

x4062538x2

HOPFGARTEN

Robert Heathcote

Ronnie Stewart

10

59kg

104

11

037×431813

DERRYN

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

Mark Zahra

5

57kg

104

12

0x11412x05

TYCOON TARA

Peter & Paul Snowden

–

11

57kg

107

13

36x15162x5

EGYPTIAN SYMBOL

Bjorn Baker

Damian Lane

3

57kg

98

14

x3314x6433

IMPENDING

Darren Beadman

James Doyle

1

57kg

100

2017 Kingsford Smith Cup Nominations

The 2017 Kingsford Smith Cup nominations close on Wednesday May 3, over three weeks out from the race, followed by first acceptances on May 17, 2017.

The official 2017 BTC Cup Nominations are now out with 64 early entries including Fell Swoop chasing his maiden Group 1 win and the current Doomben 10,000 winner Music Magnate who won the Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm this season.

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Form (Last 10)

Horse

Sex

Age

Trainer

1

1x111x5

ALL OVER BOSANOVA

F

3

Mel Eggleston

2

520x21x137

ARTISTRY

M

5

Peter & Paul Snowden

3

0210x5240x

ATTENTION

C

3

Peter & Paul Snowden

4

3x242x111x

BASSETT (NZ)

G

4

Mick Price

5

025x75420x

BIG MONEY

G

7

Rodney Northam

6

12129x211x

BLACK HEART BART

G

6

Darren Weir

7

345xL760x8

BROOK ROAD

M

6

Kris Lees

8

1111x640x9

CLEARLY INNOCENT

G

5

Kris Lees

9

0x048286x4

COOLRING

G

6

Bjorn Baker

10

7x2602x802

COUNTERATTACK

H

4

Chris Waller

11

600x21172x

DAL CIELO (NZ)

G

4

Kris Lees

12

x359x47350

DANISH TWIST

M

5

Kris Lees

13

2037×43181

DERRYN

C

3

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

14

x2x411113x

ECKSTEIN

F

3

Kurt Goldman

15

236x15162x

EGYPTIAN SYMBOL

M

4

Bjorn Baker

16

1x477x2504

EL DIVINO

C

3

Darren Weir

17

x5470x1726

ENGLISH

M

4

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott

18

16225×7200

FAATINAH

G

4

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

19

56x323x663

FELL SWOOP

G

5

Matthew Dale

20

5x111410x

FUHRYK

F

3

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

21

x377x0472x

GOOD PROJECT

H

5

Chris Waller

22

x1x14x3207

GUARD OF HONOUR

C

3

Kris Lees

23

1x2411011x

HALL OF FAME (NZ)

C

3

Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards

24

1x0192x519

HEAR THE CHANT

F

3

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

25

46x11470x6

HEART STARTER

G

4

Darren Weir

26

x1323x224x

HEROIC VALOUR

C

3

Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards

27

x4062538x2

HOPFGARTEN

G

6

Robert Heathcote

28

x3314x6433

IMPENDING

C

3

John O’Shea

29

205x11115x

IN HER TIME

M

4

Benjamin Smith

30

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IN HIS STRIDE

G

4

Rex Lipp

31

x6039x6509

JAPONISME

G

4

Chris Waller

32

34028×5313

JUNGLE EDGE

G

6

Mick Bell

33

0x3021x875

KAEPERNICK

G

5

Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

34

1124×2212

KEN’S DREAM

C

3

Darren Weir

35

0x10x3815x

LE CORDON BLEU

G

6

Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

36

0x411351x3

LUCKY LIBERTY

G

5

Henry Dwyer

37

110x13540x

MACKINTOSH (NZ)

G

4

Chris Waller

38

110x3630x9

MAHUTA

H

4

Darren Weir

39

98x9310x21

MALIBU STYLE

G

5

Neville Parnham

40

x227x430x1

MISS GUNPOWDER

M

4

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

41

x1210x1501

MUSIC MAGNATE (NZ)

G

5

Bjorn Baker

42

50×6120210

PERFECT DARE

G

4

Matthew Dunn

43

14x110x191

QUATRONIC

G

4

Matthew Dunn

44

10x54219x7

RAGEESE

H

4

Darren Weir

45

x236710x99

REBEL DANE

H

7

Gary Portelli

46

6148×51319

REIBY RAMPART

M

4

Jason Attard

47

0759623234

ROUND MOUNTAIN GAL

M

5

Philip Kimmet

48

324314x64x

RUETTIGER (NZ)

G

5

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

49

11114×16

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

C

3

Peter & Paul Snowden

50

9x30380x95

SAVOUREUX

M

5

Kris Lees

51

024x167x51

SECRET AGENDA

M

4

Mick Price

52

21152x146x

SHEIDEL

M

5

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

53

0x145167x8

SIR BACCHUS

G

4

Chris Waller

54

425531120x

SNOOPY

G

4

Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes

55

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SOOBOOG

H

4

Darren Weir

56

x6x191212x

START WONDERING (NZ)

G

6

Evan & J J Rayner

57

x348x8635x

STRAWBERRY BOY

G

8

Matthew Dunn

58

3761

STREETS BETTER

C

3

Bryan & Daniel Guy

59

x112516x84

TAKEDOWN

G

4

Gary Moore

60

121386618x

THE MONSTAR

G

6

Brett Cavanough

61

0x11412x05

TYCOON TARA

M

6

Peter & Paul Snowden

62

321x24550x

UNDER THE LOUVRE

H

6

Robert Smerdon

63

1111x9171x

VEGA MAGIC

G

4

David & B Hayes & T Dabernig

64

311210×257

VOODOO LAD

G

5

Darren Weir

BTC Cup / Kingsford Smith Cup History

The race now known as the Kingsford Smith Cup was inaugurated in 1964 as the J.T. Delaney Quality Handicap and has always played a part of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. It has undergone a host of name changes over the years including the BTC Cup, which it was known as from 2004 – 2016. In 2017 a rescheduled Queensland winter program saw the race name changed to the Kingsford Smith Cup. It also moved from Doomben Racecourse to Eagle Farm Racecourse and the distance was upped from 1200m to 1350m.

The event began as a Principal Race and was elevated to its current Group 1 status in 2006 when Gee I Jane took out top honours. A host of talented sprinters have won the BTC Cup over the years including Apache Cat (2008), Black Caviar (2011) and Malaguerra (2016). The last back-to-back BTC Cup winner was Buck’s Price (1993-94).